Hong Kong

Five teenagers have been sentenced to three years' detention in Hong Kong for advocating overthrow of the Beijing government. It is the first time the national security law has been used in court against under-18s in Hong…

Hong Kong will make Covid-19 PCR tests available within walking distance for about five million people, and slash prices, in a move that indicates it's entrenching testing requirements on residents permanently like in mainland China. The…

Hong Kong's government has eased Covid-19-related restrictions on the movements of locally based crew when making overseas trips, on which the territory's strict rules had previously confined them to their hotels. From Tuesday, pilots and…

More than half the certificates Hong Kong doctors have given to patients exempting them from Covid-19 jabs are suspected to be fake. Authorities have arrested a total of seven doctors for allegedly issuing notes fraudulently and from Oct…

Hong Kong's plan to further ease Covid-19 curbs that have isolated the city and weighed on its economy could be derailed if people do not comply with virus protocols, Chief Executive John Lee warned on Tuesday. "If everyone follows the…

Hong Kong cannot remove all travel restrictions at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, though there is room to quickly relax local social distancing rules, the city's health chief said. While the business community wants officials to lift…

Hong Kong's government says that from Monday people arriving in Hong Kong will no longer have to go into mandatory hotel quarantine. Travelers will also no longer have to show a negative Covid test before boarding a plane to…

The Hong Kong government has announced the ending of formal quarantine for international travelers after more than two and a half years of stringent pandemic controls. Under new rules that will take effect from September 26, incoming…

The Hong Kong government is "actively considering" eliminating the mandatory hotel quarantine requirement for inbound travelers, Radio Television Hong Kong reported Saturday, citing the city's health chief Lo Chung-mau. The government has…

Thousands more Hong Kongers applied for a new route to British citizenship in the second quarter, as the city's strict Covid-19 curbs fuel a population exodus that is undermining its economic outlook. Between April and June, some 18,100…